1905.] 



Dried Sugar Beet for Fodder. 



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horses, for Canada, must obtain a certificate from a properly 

 constituted authority that the place from which such animals 

 come is free from contagious pleuro-pneumonia, rinderpest, or 

 foot-and-mouth disease. 



A quarantine of fifteen days, to be reckoned from the day of 

 landing, is required in the case of sheep and goats, and a similar 

 period in the case of swine imported for immediate slaughter. 



Horses consigned to Montreal must, if the Minister so directs, 

 be inspected at Quebec during summer navigation ; but in the 

 absence of special directions they may be inspected at Montreal. 

 Horses landing at any of the other ports named shall be 

 inspected at such ports. All horses must be accompanied by the 

 certificate of a qualified veterinarian and of the local authority 

 of the district whence they came, stating that no glanders, 

 " maladie du coit" or other serious infectious or contagious 

 disease has existed in the said district for a period of six months 

 prior to their shipment. 



Quarantine Regulations. — Cattle six months old or over 

 will not be discharged from quarantine until they have been 

 submitted to the tuberculin test. Cattle reacting, but not 

 showing clinical symptoms, will be permanently marked in 

 the right ear with the letter " T " by the officer making the test, 

 and may then be released at the expiration of the prescribed 

 period of quarantine if found free from all other infectious or 

 contagious diseases. Cattle which show clinical symptoms of 

 tuberculosis are to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the 

 Minister may direct ; and the destruction may be authorised of 

 any quarantined animals. 



The expense of feeding, treating, and providing for animals 

 detained in quarantine must be borne by the owner or importer, 

 and such expenses must be paid before the animals leave the 

 quarantine station. 



Attempts have been made in France and Germany during 

 the last few years, with apparent success, to employ sugar beet 

 in a desiccated form for feeding stock. In 

 Use Of Dried i ts natural state, difficulties of transport 



except on the farm, while the large proportion of water makes 



Sugar Beet for 

 Fodder. 



and preservation have usually prevented 

 the extended use of this root for feeding, 



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